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F100 flight crew experiences the window heat arching. Flight crew follows the checklist which prescribes turning off the window heat. Return to airport due to icing conditions.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 573067 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200302 |
| Day | Tue |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : ord.airport |
| State Reference | IL |
| Altitude | msl single value : 1500 |
| Environment | |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tracon : c90.tracon |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Fokker 100 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | climbout : intermediate altitude |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| ASRS Report | 573067 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : less severe inflight encounter : weather inflight encounter other other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa other flight crewb |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : took precautionary avoidance action flight crew : diverted to alternate flight crew : landed as precaution |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Weather Aircraft |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
Narrative:
On climb out at 1500 ft, front windshield starts arching followed by cracking. Turned window heat off, completed emergency checklist. It said to avoid icing conditions. Departure told us moderate icing in climb. We returned back to ord.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: F100 FLT CREW EXPERIENCES THE WINDOW HEAT ARCHING. FLT CREW FOLLOWS THE CHKLIST WHICH PRESCRIBES TURNING OFF THE WINDOW HEAT. RETURN TO ARPT DUE TO ICING CONDITIONS.
Narrative: ON CLBOUT AT 1500 FT, FRONT WINDSHIELD STARTS ARCHING FOLLOWED BY CRACKING. TURNED WINDOW HEAT OFF, COMPLETED EMER CHKLIST. IT SAID TO AVOID ICING CONDITIONS. DEP TOLD US MODERATE ICING IN CLB. WE RETURNED BACK TO ORD.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.